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PIRATES! 


PIRATES! 

or,  THE  CRUISE  OF 
THE  BLACK  REVENGE 


A  Melodrama  in  Thirteen  Acts 


Plot  by 
KENDALL  BANNING 
Scenes  carved  on  wood  by 
GUSTAVE  BAUMANN 


CHICAGO 

BROTHERS  OF  THE  BOOK 

MDCCCCXVI 


Copyright,  1916 

by  the 

Brothers  of  the  Book 


The    edition    of    this   book  consists   of 

five  hundred  and  twenty-five  copies 

on  this  Kozuchi  hand-made 

Japanese  paper. 


DEDICATED 

TO  THE  ROUND  TABLE  GANG 

AT  THE  PLAYERS 


2014872 


PROGRAMME 

ACT  I  — Captain  Hawkes  Sets  Sail 

ACT  II  — The  Equipment  Is  Evenly  Distributed 

ACT  III  — A  Lesson  in  Tidiness 

ACT  IV-The  Value  of  Education 

ACT  V— A  Demonstration  of  Table  Manners 

ACT  VI  — Disobedience  Is  Rebuked 

ACT  VII  — Easter  Morn  on  Shipboard 

ACT  VIII- A  Case  of  Obstinacy  Is  Cured 

ACT  IX  — Hawkes  Stops  an  Epidemic 

ACT  X— Caleb's  Usefulness  Is  Impaired 

ACT  XI -A  Quarrel  Is  Averted 

ACT  XII— Hawkes  Enjoins  Silence  on  a  Select  Few 

ACT  XIII -Peace  At  Last! 


ACT  I 

CAPTAIN  HAWKES  SETS  SAIL 

A  stormy  night  and  a  sullen  sea, 

A  cutlass,  dirk,  and  pistols  three, 

A  blunderbuss  and  a  snickersnee, 

HAWKES,  THE  PIRATE,  THUS  SAILED 
HE! 


(The  trouble  starts 
right  here.l 


ACT  II 

THE  EQUIPMENT  IS  EVENLY 
DISTRIBUTED 

Thirty-four  was  the  pirate  crew. 
But  the  mugs  and  plates  ^vere 

SHORT  BY  TWO! 

So  Hawkes,  the  captain,  up  and 
slew 

Tiger  Jim  and  the  Peg-legged  Jew, 


[Jim  was  getting  a 
little  deaf,  anyway.  1 


ACT  III 

A  LESSON  IN  TIDINESS 

The  cook  and  the  mate  were  a 
tidy  pair. 

They  stole  some  soap,  from  God 
kno\vs  where. 

And  BRUSHED  THEIR  TEETH  AND 
COMBED   THEIR  HAIR! 

So  they  strung  ''em  up,  and  left 
^em  there. 


[And  the  ^ulls  ate  out 
their  eyes  like  grapes.] 


>:^^ 


►IOI4 


ACT  IV 

THE  VALUE  OF  EDUCATION 

Bunghole  Bill  was  a  book-learned 
cuss, 

W^hich  same  made  Hawkes  censor- 
ious. 

So  they  made  him  dead  with  a 
blunderbuss. 

HIS  BRAINS,  THEY  MADE  AN  AWFUL 
MUSS! 


[One  should  be  neat, 
even  in  little  things.] 


ACT  V 

A  DEMONSTRATION  OF 

TABLE  MANNERS 

The  bos'n  fell  in  a  vat  o'  lye. 

His  mates,  at  mess,  they  heard  him 
cry, 

BUT  THEY  WERE  A-EATING  O'  JAM 
AND  PIE, 

And  couldn'^t  come.    So  they  let 
him  die. 


[But  there  were  more  bos'ns 
than  jam  aboard.) 


■■■V 


ACT  VI 

DISOBEDIENCE  IS  REBUKED 

Lady  Annabelle  May  was  good. 

She  put  some  glass  in  the  captain's 
food. 

For  SHE  WOULDNT  DO  WHAT  HE 
SAID  SHE  SHOULD! 

So  he  choked  her  dead,  right  where 
she  stood. 


[With  Mag,  the  inn-keeper's  wench, 
it  might  have  been  different.! 


VT<r  ►r<f 


.^  ^ 


ACT  VII 

EASTER  MORN  ON  SHIPBOARD 

On  Easter  morn  a  ship  they  spied. 

And  Ha^vkes,  he  bade  its  crew 
''longside 

To  join  in  Mass,  (but  Hawkes,  he 
lied). 

And  FIVE  SCORE  CAME!    And  five 
score  died. 


[This  was  a  bitter,  bitter 
lesson  to  the  Christians.) 


ACT  VIII 

A  CASE  OF  OBSTINACY 
IS  CURED 

Pie-Eyed  Pete  was  a  low-lived 
bum, 

BUT  HE  WOULDNT  DRINK!    So  they 
slit  his  gum. 

And  made  him  swill  nine  quarts  o' 
rum. 

And  walk  the  plank  to  Kingdom 
Come. 


[Many  a  man  would 
drink  for  less.] 


ACT  IX 

HAWKES  STOPS  AN 
EPIDEMIC 

With  mushy  love  the  cre\v  got 
rife. 

Poor  Hank  got  took,  and  LOVED 
HIS  WIFE, 

AND  GOD,  AND  SUCH!    A  butcher 
knife 

Was  used  to  end  HIS  amorous  life. 


/ 


[The  heart-interest  of 
the  drama  ends  here.l 


ACT  X 

CALEB'S  USEFULNESS  IS 
IMPAIRED 

An  HONEST  MAN  was  Caleb  Jones! 

So  they  mashed  his  feet  ^vith  holy- 
stones. 

And  cracked  his  nails  to  hear  his 
groans. 

And  split  his  skull  with  his  o\vn 
cross-bones. 


[This  practically 
ruined  Caleb.] 


>Iizi 


►r<i^4 


ACT  XI 

A  QUARREL  IS  AVERTED 

A  shriek,  a  thud,  a  muffled  vo\v. 

And  Pe>v  knifed  Ike  abaft  the 
bo^v. 

Ha^vkes  shot  ''em  both  to  stop  their 
ro\v. 

PEACE,  IT  AINT  NO  GOOD  NOHOW! 


["Abaft  the  bow''  is 
a  vital  spot.] 


■■■■ 


ACT  XII 

HAWKES  ENJOINS  SILENCE  ON 
A  SELECT  FEW 

With  eighteen  henchmen.  Bastard 
Ben 

Dug  up  the  gold  o'  Morgan's  men. 

Then  him  and  Hawkes  knifed  eight 
or  ten 

They  guessed  they  WOULDN'T 
NEED  AGAIN. 


[Small  savings  make 
big  fortunes.) 


■•■I 


■■■■ 


ACT  XIII 

PEACE  AT  LAST 

Hawkes  poisoned  Ben  and  copped 
the  chest. 

Then  got  the  headsman's  job  at 
Brest, 

Where,  acting  such,  he  killed  the 
rest. 

*^HOME- LOVING  HEARTS  ARE 
HAPPIEST." 


[Thus  does  a  busy  life 
bring  its  reward.! 


[CURTAIN] 


^OI4 


>Z<  ►K 


Here  ends  this  tale  of  Captain  Hawkes  and 
his  pirate  crew,  by  Kendall  Banning  and 
Gustave  Baumann,  which  has  been  devised 
in  this  form  by  Laurence  C.  Woodworth 
for  the  delectation  of  the  Brothers  of  the 
Book,  and  printed  for  them  at  the  press 
of  The  Faithorn  Company,  in  Chicago, 
Anno  Domini  MDCCCCXVI. 


INCIPIT  VITA  NOVA 


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